Rail-support.



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PATENTED MAB.. 24, 11903.`

W. E. JAQUES. RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1902.

W/ TNE SSE S i UNITED vSr-Aras PATNTf' OFFICE.

WILLIAM- YR JAQUnsoF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, As'sIGNoR To ALFRED.

o; cRoZIER, oF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

RAIL-SUPPORT` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,280, dated March 24, 1903i.

Application filed May 13, 1902. Serial No. 107,184. `(No model.) I

To all whom it may con/06771,:` Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. J AQUEs,'a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Supports; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and-exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same. Y

\ This invention relates to'improvements in railsupports,and pertains more especially to improved means forfastenin g the rails of a railway-track to ties of cement or artificial stone. One object of this invention is to hold the rails of a railway-track in placeupon the ties supporting them, which invention is simple and durable in construction and readily applied. y 1 e y Another object is to` provide meritorious means whereby the rails are rendered adjustable laterally to a limited extent in the one or the other direction. y f

With these objects in view and to the end of realizing other advantages hereinafter appearing myinvention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed outv in the claims. y

In thefaccompanying drawings,-Figure I is a `vertical section showing the two rails of a `railvvay-track'securedin place bypneans enrbodying myinvention, y `Figli is a top plan in section on line Il 1I, Fig. I. t

Portions arebroken awayin the drawings to reduce the sizeofthedrawings Referring to '-thejdrawings, a designates a tie which `is instrumental in supportingithe rails b ofl a railWaEfEra-ck. The tied, is ar- ,t

ranged in the usual? manner below and trans- Versely ofthe rails., The tie a consists, preft erably,of a blockof cement orartiticial stone.

Each railhis not seated directly upon the tie, but rests upon the upper side of a plate cl, interposedbetween the base of the rail and the tie, which plate is.pret'erably a metal plate fixed to" the 'tie,\as will hereinafter appear. The said"` plate d is preferablysunk into the tie, as shown in Fig. I.

\ Y Each plate d is secured to the tie by a bolt e and a cooperating nut f, and the said plate is provided below the base of the rail upon it with anupwardly-flaringbolt-hole g, which is occnpied by the upwardly-flaring head h of the bolt e. The externally-screwthreaded shank of the said bolt extends downwardly through the tie, and the cooperating correspondingly screw-threaded nutfis mounted upon the lower end of the shank Within a recess la, formed in the under side of the tie. The head of the bolt has its upper surface flush withthe upper surface of the plate d.

Between each plate d andthe base of the rail. upon the said plate is shown a sheet Z, of rubber or other elastic material, capable of somewhat cushioning the base of the rail and extending over the head of the bolt, and thereby positively preventing contact `be-` tween the under side of the rail-base and the said head.

Each plate d atand a short distance from the outer side of the rail upon the said plate is bentor flanged upwardly, as at m, and the said ange m overhangsa wedge n, which is driven between the inner side of the said ange andthe outer edge of the base of the rail. The wedge 'a` engages the outer edge of the rail and preferably overhangs and'tightly engages the upper side of the rail-base at the outer side of the rail and is'instrumental in holding the rail down uponthe said ,plated. The said flange fm overhangs the saidwedge fn, and is-therefore instrumental in. holding the said Wedge down. uponthe said plated, and the saidwedge and the said wedge-overoutward lateral displacement of the said rail upon the said plate.

Each plate d at anda short distance from the inner side of the rail is bent or langed upwardly, as at o, and the said ange o over-` hangs a wedge r, which is drivenbetween the inner side of the said flange o and the inner edge of the base of the said rail. The :wedge r engages the inner edge of the said rail and preferablyoverhangs and-engages the upper sideof the said rail-base at the inner side of the rail andis consequently instrumental in holding the rail down upon the said plate (l.

lhanging ilange constitute a stop preventing The said flange o preferably overhangs the said Wedge o", and thereby holds the said wedge down upon vthe said plate d. The said wedge r and the said flange o form a stop preventing inward lateral displacement of the said .rail upon the said plate.

Obviously the two wedges n and r upon each plate d are not only instrumental in holding the engaging rail in place upon the said plate d, but render the said rail capable of a limited adjustment laterally upon the said plate, and the said rail is slightly shifted laterally in the one direction or the other by a proper manipulation of the said wedges. For instance, the driving or forward actuation of a wedge n when the opposite wedge r has been backed up results in slightly shifting the engaging rail upon the plate d laterally and inwardly, whereas the driving or forward actuation of the said wedge r when the said wedge fn is backed up results in crowding the rail laterally and outwardly upon the said plate.

A tie-bar t is instrumental in tying the two rails of the railway-track together. The bar t is embedded within and extends longitudinally of the tie, preferably centrally between the top and bottom of the tie. The bart extends below the plates d under both rails. '[he bar t is perforated, as at s, to accommodate the location of the bolts e. The bar t at the outer side of each rail is provided with an upwardly-projecting arm u, which extends upwardly above the tie and engages the plate d at the outer side of the outer flange m of the said plate and preferably somewhat snugly overhangs the said flangem, as at fr, and affords an outer bearing or brace for the said flange.

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that the plates d under both rails are positively prevented from displacement longitudinally of the tie by the tiebar t, and the said bar having members overhanging the outer flanges 'm of the plates d is instrumental also in holding the said plates down upon the tie.

It will be observed that the flanges m and o of each plate d form abutments arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of and a suitable distance from the rail, which extends over and across the said plate, and limit lateral adjustment of the said rail in opposite directions,respecti vely, and endwise-shif table wedges are interposed between the said abutments and the said rail. Hence each rail ofthe railway-track by actuating the Wedges which are arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of the said rail, so as to drive or tighten the wedge at one side of the rail and partially withdraw the wedge at the opposite side of the rail is readily and accurately readj usted relative to the other rail.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with the two'rails of a railway-track, the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails, platesinterposed between the tie and the rails, means instrumental in holding the rails in place upon the said plates, and means instrumental in fastening the said plates to the tie, of a tie-bar embedded within and extending longitudinally of the tie and having upwardly-projecting arms extending upwardly at the outer sides of the rails and arranged to tie the aforesaid plates together. j

2. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, the tie arranged below and transversely of the rail, plates interposed between the tie and the rails and having upwardly-projecting flanges at the outer sides of the rails, means for holding the rails in place upon the plates, and means instrumental iny fastening the said plates underneath4 ythe rails to the tie, of a tie-bar embedded within and extending longitudinally of the tie and having members engaging the outer sides of the aforesaid flanges.

3. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, the tie arranged below and transversely of the rails, plates interposed between the tie and the rails and having upwardly-projecting flanges at the outer sides of the rails, and means instrumental in holding the rails in place upon the plates, of a tie-bar extending longitudinally of the tie and having upwardly-projecting arms engaging the outer sides of and overhanging the said flanges.

4. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track; a tie arranged below and transversely of the rails; plates interposed between the tie and the rails, means instrumental in holding the rails in place upon the said plates, and means instrumental in fastening the said plates to the tie, of a tie-bar arranged within and extendinglongitudinally of the tie, which bar has an upwardly-projecting arm extending upwardly above the lower surface of the base of the rails into engagement with and arranged to prevent displacement of one of the aforesaid plates longitudinally of the tie in one direction, and is provided with another upwardly projecting arm extending upwardly above the said surface of the base of the rails into engagement with and arranged to prevent displacement of the other of the aforesaid plates longitudinally of the tie in the opposite direction.

5. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and a tie arranged below and transversely of the rails, of plates interposed between the rails and the tie and having upwardly-projecting fianges at the` sides of the rails, wedges interposed between the said 4flanges and the rails, and a tie-bar having members engaging the outer sides of the outer flanges of the plates.

6. The combination, with the two rails of a railway-track, and a tiearranged below and transversely of the rail, of plates Vinterposed between the rails and the tie, means for adjusting the rails laterally and securing them in the desired adjustment, and a tie-bar em- IOO IIO

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beddedwithin and extending longitudinally this 12th day of April, 1902,\at Cleveland, of the `tie and having armsextendingr np- Ohio.

Wardly at the outer sides of the rails and ari ranged to prevent displacement of the aforey WILLIAM E JAQUES 5 said plates outwardly from each other. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing TELSA SCHWARTZ, specification, in the presence of two Witnesses, C. H. DORER. 

